Occupy Protester has been in jail for the last three weeks for writing on the sidewal

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Occupy Protester has been in jail for the last three weeks for writing on the sidewalk with chalk

ORLANDO, FLA. (CBS Tampa) - A South Carolina man associated with the Occupy Orlando movement was arrested late last year for writing on the ground with sidewalk chalk, and has been in jail ever since.

According to an arrest affidavit provided by the Orlando Police Department to CBS Tampa, Timothy Michael Osmar was found by authorities on Dec. 15 writing on the sidewalks with chalk.

Officer Phil Scaglione and Sgt. Ernest Payne approached Osmar, at which point Payne explained that it is "unlawful for any person to write, print, mark, paint, stamp or paste any sign, notice of advertisement upon the surface of any sidewalk or paved street in the city."

Do these idiots not realize that his living conditions have improved 10 fold? Going from homeless to getting free clothing, free healthcare, free room and board, free meals. Yeah, he's in a regular gulag.

Do these idiots not realize that his living conditions have improved 10 fold? Going from homeless to getting free clothing, free healthcare, free room and board, free meals. Yeah, he's in a regular gulag.

His parents have a pretty spiffy house, I think we have a poseur.

While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

It's probably not the best PR for the Sheriff to arrest people for sidewalk chalking. Especially when you consider that the tired and worn out concepts of urban uplift usually include "art walk" with sidewalk chalk, face painting, and all the same stuff everywhere.... or as my mother would say while reading the brochure, "Blah.... blah.... just like every other riverwalk."

While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun